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• Cara denied the charge that she had cheated on her diet. 77
• Evan did not deny having cheated on Mary but claimed that she had cheat-
ed on him first.
• Ian denied having painted the big mural outside the store.
• Ryan was forced to deny Sophie use of the handicapped parking space on
the grounds that she wasn’t handicapped.
•I deny all of you access to the ice cream in my freezer.
• I also must deny your request for parole.
[denied, -ing, denial n.]
depict (di PIKT) vt. 1. to portray; to represent in a painting, drawing, sculpture,
etc.; 2. to describe; to picture in words
• Leonardo DaVinci’s Last Supper depicts a Passover seder.
• A portrait artist will depict a likeness of you, for a fee.
• The sports section of today’s newspaper depicts a detailed account of yester-
day’s games, artfully drawn in words.
[-ed, -ing, -ion n.]
deplore (di PLAWR) vt. 1. to be sorry about; to regret; lament; 2. to regard as
unfortunate or awful; 3. to disapprove of; to condemn as wrong
• My neighbor’s mother deplores the day he was born.
• Any feeling individual must deplore the conditions in which the urban
homeless are condemned to live.
• The whole world deplores the lack of safety measures that were in place at
Chernobyl’s nuclear power plant.
[-d, deploring]

QUICK REVIEW #25

Match the word from column 2 with the word from column 1 that means most
nearly the same thing.
1. defiant a. prove

2. deficit b. lament
3. define c. bearing
4. deleterious d. reject
5. demagogue e. criticize
6. demeanor f. portray
7. democracy g. lack
8. demonstrate h. pernicious

9. denounce i. popular rule
10. deny j. rebellious
11. depict k. rabble-rouser
12. deplore l. delineate